The discovery of the Higgs Boson is a triumph of modern physics. The hunt for the Higgs was the subject of wide media attention due to the cost of the project, the complexity of the experiment, and the importance of its result. In this 12-lecture masterpiece of scientific reporting, you’ll learn how the discovery of the Higgs Boson validates and deepens our understanding of the universe.

From first breath to first step, National Geographic sheds light on the amazing developments in a human’s first 12 months of life and how new research indicates that these growing abilities are much more flexible than previously known.

Alongside the fastest, strongest, smartest animals are nature’s misfits. These odd, bizarre and unlikely creatures at first glance seem-ill equipped for survival. Animal Misfits reveals some surprising details about how evolution really works, demonstrating that all animals are remarkably well-adapted to their chosen way of life.

America’s newest marine sanctuary, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, is bigger than all U.S. national parks combined–yet the majority of this environment has never been seen. What is in this vast marine conservation area? And, what will it take to protect it? Explore stunning coral reefs, shallow water environments, and rare species unique only to Hidden Hawaii.

New research is revealing what dog lovers have suspected all along: Dogs have an uncanny ability to read and respond to human emotions. Humans, in turn, respond to dogs with the same hormone responsible for bonding mothers to their babies. How did this incredible relationship between humans and dogs come to be?

Learn about New Horizons’ historic flyby of Pluto, the culmination of the spacecraft’s nine-year, three-billion-mile journey to reveal the first ever detailed images of this strange, icy world at the very edge of our solar system.

Almost a century ago, paleontologists found the first tantalizing hints of a monster even bigger than Tyrannosaurus Rex, perhaps the largest predator ever to walk the Earth: spectacular fossil bones from a dinosaur dubbed Spinosaurus. But the fossils were completely destroyed during a World War II Allied bombing raid, leaving only drawings, lots of questions, and a mystery. Learn about Spinosaurus—the dinosaur that waited 70 million years (and then another century) to be discovered.

This NOVA showcases the latest scientific results from the Mars Rovers and NASA’s Phoenix probe, which are poised to reveal provocative new clues in the tantalizing search for water and life on the Red Planet.

From the passenger seat of a New York cab driving near the speed of light to a pool hall where billiard tables do fantastical things, Brian Greene reveals space as a dynamic fabric that can stretch, twist, warp and ripple under the influence of gravity. Space, far from being empty, is filled with some of the deepest mysteries of our times.

The great apes—which include chimps, orangutans, gorillas and bonobos—seem to have rich emotional lives similar to our own. But just how smart are these animals? A new generation of investigators is revealing the secret mental lives of great apes, and our evolutionary next-of-kin are turning out to be far smarter than most experts ever imagined.

Professor Neil deGrasse Tyson—who you’ll recognize from Cosmos—leads marvelous journey to the frontiers of the known (and unknown) universe and introduces viewers to tantalizing questions being addressed by the world’s top scientists.

By immersing yourself in the science of critical thinking, and by learning how to think about thinking, you’ll gain concrete lessons for doing so more critically, more intelligently, and more successfully than before.